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The Later Mughals - 1

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Who granted the Maratha ruler Shahu the right to collect Chauth and Sardeshmukhi from the 6 provinces of the Deccan and the Swarajya (territories of Shivaji)?

  1. Farrukhsiyar

  2. Sayyid Brothers

  3. Chin Qilich Khan

  4. Muhammad Shah


Correct Option: B

The Battle of Jajau took place between

  1. Muazzam and Kam Baksh

  2. Muazzam and Azam

  3. Azam and Farrukhsiyar

  4. Azam and Kam Baksh


Correct Option: B

Which mughal historian gave the chronogram of 'Shah-i-Bekhabar' to Bahadur Shah I (Shah Alam I) because of his negligent and complacent attitude towards administration.

  1. Inayat Khan

  2. Sir Jadunath Sarkar

  3. Bhim Sen

  4. Khafi Khan


Correct Option: D

Which later mughal ruler abolished the infamous tax called Jaziya?

  1. Shah Alam I

  2. Jahandar Shah

  3. Farrukhsiyar

  4. Muhammad Shah


Correct Option: B

Which later mughal ruler granted many trade privileges to the East India Company in the royal firman of 1717?

  1. Jahandar Shah

  2. Farrukhsiyar

  3. Muhammad Shah

  4. Rafi-ud-Daula


Correct Option: B

Which of the following statements is correct ?

  1. Shahu was released and given the authority to collect Sardeshmukhi from the Deccan but not the Chauth by Bahadur Shah I.

  2. Shahu was recognized as the Maratha sovereign by Bahadur Shah I.

  3. Shahu received a warm welcome from Tarabai when he returned after being released from mughal captivity.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: D

Shah Alam II was blinded mercilessly by the Rohilla Chief named :

  1. Najib-ud-Daula

  2. Ghulam Qadir

  3. Hafiz Rehmat Khan

  4. Ghaziuddin Imad-ul-Mulk


Correct Option: B

Which mughal emperor signed the treaty of Allahabad with the East India Company?

  1. Alamgir II

  2. Ali Gauhar

  3. Bahadur Shah Zafar

  4. Shah Alam I


Correct Option: B

The Autonomous State of Hyderabad was founded in ______ A.D. by _________.

  1. 1722, Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-mulk

  2. 1724, Chin Quilich Khan

  3. 1725, Mohammad Amin Khan

  4. 1726 , Murshid Kuli Khan


Correct Option: B

Which later mughal emperor was the contemporary of the Bengal Nawab Siraj-ud-daula?

  1. Bahadur Shah II

  2. Akbar II

  3. Alamgir II

  4. Shah Alam II


Correct Option: C

Which mughal emperor granted the title of 'Raja' to the famous social and cultural reformer Ram Mohan Roy and sent him to England to plead for a hike in the pension of the Mughal Emperor?

  1. Akbar II

  2. Shah Alam II

  3. Bahadur Shah II

  4. Alamgir II


Correct Option: A

The British captured Delhi in 1803 A.D. during the reign of which Mughal Emperor?

  1. Akbar II

  2. Bahadur Shah Zafar

  3. Shah Alam II

  4. Shah Jahan III


Correct Option: C

Muhammad Khan Bangash (the Bangash Nawab) exercised his control over the territory of and around :

  1. Rohillkhand

  2. Bundelkhand

  3. Farukkhabad

  4. Baghelkhand


Correct Option: C

Which later mughal ruler ascended the throne as a puppet in the hands of the Sayyid Brothers after assuming the of Shah Jahan II?

  1. Rafi-ud-Shan

  2. Rafi-ud-Daula

  3. Rafi-ud-Darajat

  4. Raushan Akhtar


Correct Option: B

The Sayyid Brothers were settled in the upper Ganga-Jamuna Doab at a place called :

  1. Saharanpur

  2. Badayun

  3. Farukkhabad

  4. Barha


Correct Option: D

Who encouraged the malpractice of Revenue-Farming (Ijara) which led to the exploitation of the peasants and indirectly contributed to the decline of the mughal empire?

  1. The Sayyid Brothers

  2. Zulfiqar Khan

  3. Javid Khan

  4. Qamaruddin


Correct Option: B

Who among the following was killed in action during the Battle of Karnal in 1739 A.D.?

  1. Khan-i-Dauran

  2. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk

  3. Nizam-ul-Mulk

  4. Nadir Shah


Correct Option: A

Banda Bahadur, the militant Sikh leader after Guru Gobind Singh was defeated, captured and executed by the mughals in:

  1. 1707 A.D.

  2. 1712 A.D.

  3. 1714 A.D.

  4. 1716 A.D.


Correct Option: D

Who succeded Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk as the independent ruler (Nawab) of Awadh and was also appointed the wazir of the Mughal Empire, hence started the hierarchial tradition of the Nawab-Wazirs?

  1. Shuja-ud-daula

  2. Asaf-ud-Daula

  3. Safdar Jung

  4. Wajid Ali Shah


Correct Option: C

The mughal emperor who hatched a conspiracy against the Sayyid Brothers with the help of the Turani and Irani factions of nobles at the Mughal court and successfully implemented the plot to finally overthrow them after a long drawn tussle of power, causing the downfall and death of the Sayyid Brothers was :

  1. Farrukhsiyar

  2. Muhammad Shah

  3. Ahmad Shah

  4. Jahandar Shah


Correct Option: B

Who was the mughal emperor at the time of the Third Battle of Panipat?

  1. Shah Jahan III

  2. Shah Alam II

  3. Alamgir II

  4. Ahmad Shah


Correct Option: A

Which later mughal emperor loved dancing and was an expert Kathak dancer?

  1. Roshan Akhtar

  2. Aziz-ud-din

  3. Ali Gauhar

  4. Muhi-ul-Millat


Correct Option: A

Nizam-ul-Mulk Chin Quilich Khan expired in which year?

  1. 1739 A.D.

  2. 1748 A.D.

  3. 1755 A.D.

  4. 1761 A.D.


Correct Option: B

The Delhi Durbar witnessed the reign of how many mughal emperors during the period 1707 A.D. to 1759 A.D.?

  1. 5

  2. 6

  3. 7

  4. 8


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bahadur Shah I _ Jahandar Shah _ Farukkhsiyar _ Rafi-ud-Darajat _Rafi-ud-Daula _ Muhammad Shah _ Ahmad Shah _ Alamgir II

Nizam-ul-Mulk (Chin Quilich Khan) was conferred the title of Asaf Jah by:

  1. The Sayyid Brothers

  2. Farrukhsiyar

  3. Muhammad Shah

  4. Zulfiqar Khan


Correct Option: C
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